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it's just pure racism at this point (media.piefed.zip)
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Tweet: "Many GTA fans disliked the woman in the cover, so they decided tochange her.Which one is better?" Two pictures of a woman, in one she is dark skinned with dark hair and in one she is white with blond hair. Reply: "DID YOU KNOW? Arabic mathematician Muhammad al-Khwarizmiaccidentally discovered the number 0 when he was attempting to calculatethe number of how many gamers deserve to live."
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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The "discovery of the number 0" thing always bugs me because obviously no one needed to discover the number zero as it's used to express "I own zero goats".

The important discovery was the use of 0 as a placeholder in a column indicating no value, when writing the number 10 for example. Basically it's the discovery of a positional numeric system where the position / column of the digits means something.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    The distinction between the concept of “nothing” as general concept, and “nothing” as a numerical value is non-trivial. And like, a mathematical proof that outlines that numerical concept of “nothing” is important.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    It may seem natural to us, but conceptualizing zero as a number in its own right (as opposed to "absence of [concrete thing]") is not trivial. It's an innovation on par with negative, irrational, and imaginary numbers.

    Your hypothetical goat non-owner would likely say "I don't own any goats", and would be confused if you insisted that there is some number of goats they own.

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